{"product_id":"the-met-office-cloud-book-updated-edition-how-to-understand-the-skies-paperback","title":"The Met Office Cloud Book - Updated Edition: How to Understand the Skies - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThe Met Office\u003c\/b\u003e (Other), \u003cb\u003eRichard Hamblyn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLearn how to understand the skies with this comprehensive cornerstone guide to cloudspotting.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Clouds have been the object of fascination throughout history, their fleeting magnificence and endless variability providing food for thought for scientists and daydreamers alike. \u003cbr\u003e Clouds may have many individual shapes, but there are a few basic forms. In this definitive guide to the clouds and the skies, Richard Hamblyn introduces you to all the different cloud species. \u003ci\u003eThe Met Office Cloud Book \u003c\/i\u003ewill enable you to identify individual clouds, skies and phenomena. You will also be able to track their likely changes over time and predict the implications they have for the weather you may experience. \u003cbr\u003e Produced in association with the Met Office - the world's premier weather forecasting bureau - all things to do with the origin and development of a cloud are here. Whether you are looking at a giant cumulonimbus or a tiny shred of stratus factus, an everyday occurrence or a fleeting rarity, your cloudspotting will be expertly informed and much more satisfying with this handy reference guide. This book will enable you to not only identify individual clouds and skies as they might appear at any given moment, but also to track their likely changes over time, and thus predict weather patterns. \u003cbr\u003e This new edition brings this classic and bestselling book completely up to date, including 12 new cloud types only recently officially recognised by the World Meteorological Organization. Many of these previously only had informal names, but their new Latin classification brings them into the fold of officially adopted global meteorological terms. It also includes a new foreword from the Met Office's Chief Meteorologist and an updated section on climate change and the role that clouds might play in shaping future conditions on Earth. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Met Office Cloud Book\u003c\/i\u003e includes a detailed introduction on the history of cloud classification and is illustrated with stunning images from around the globe. Take it with you on walks and have it handy in the garden so that you can enjoy sky-gazing every day. This is the only guide to cloud classification that you will ever need. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Richard Hamblyn is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Clouds\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), which won the LA Times Book Prize and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cloud Book\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), \u003ci\u003eExtraordinary Clouds\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) and \u003ci\u003eExtraordinary Weather \u003c\/i\u003e(2012). He is currently Writer in Residence at the Environment Institute, University College London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 10.2 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768022892832,"sku":"9781446308905","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5d3980a146306a640b82a5aa8ff6bc4f.webp?v=1780322872","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-met-office-cloud-book-updated-edition-how-to-understand-the-skies-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}